vijayakumar

PhD in Chemical Sciences

Tamil Nadu, Indian Union

[Nirmalya Kajuri @Kaju_Nut]

A fellowship aimed to attract scientific talent back to India has been launched by the govt. Many of us had urged the govt to launch something like this.

Hope it will succeed in its mission.

https://t.co/lQoeOj6snk

[EU4MOFs @EU4MOFs]

🌍✨ MOF Universe 3.0 has a new interactive 3D design! 🚀

Explore 444 MOF research locations worldwide on a rotating globe 🌐

🔗 More info:
https://t.co/HCT1QE3YAF

🌐 Explore:
https://t.co/zf6oaLErOU

[MOF@OXFORD @MMCLabOx]

Announcement!!

[Raghunath Mashelkar @rameshmashelkar]

Breaking news!

Dr Soumya Swaminathan @doctorsoumya has been elected as FRS, Fellow of Royal Society, one of the highest global hours that a scientist can receive.
@royalsociety

With her father Bharat Ratna Prof Swaminathan also being elected as FRS, this is the first daughter-father FRS duo from India.

Also she is the second Indian woman scientist being elected in 365 years history of Royal Society, the first being Prof Gagandeep Kang.

Very proud moment for Indian Science & indeed for us Indians.

Heartiest congratulations dear Soumya!

@PMOIndia @DrJitendraSingh @PrinSciAdvOff @CSIR_IND @ICMRDELHI @IndiaDST @DBTIndia @PuneIntCentre

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

“… it took time to figure out how to let go and lead without hovering over every single move, to be there when people struggled without taking the wheel.” #ScienceWorkingLife https://t.co/Qg5VEK4EDt

[Donglin Jiang @jiang_donglin]

Single Crystal Covalent Organic Frameworks
https://t.co/4VCqEhYxy9

[vijayakumar @vjchemist]

@DrGanesh_Japan வாழ்த்துக்கள் அண்ணா 💐
தமிழில் சிறார்களுக்கான அறிவியல் நூல்கள் குறைவாக உள்ளன, தொடர்ந்து எழுதுங்கள்!

[V. Ramgopal Rao, Ph.D. @ramgopal_rao]

I received this message today from a colleague working in a university, and it made me deeply sad. Posting it here with his permission.

We speak of innovation, research and demographic dividend, but if faculty and staff in our educational institutions are not even paid their salaries on time, something is seriously wrong.

I strongly believe that if you want to know the future of any country, look at what is happening in its educational institutions today. That is where the future is being made.

@ugc_india @AICTE_INDIA @EduMinOfIndia @dpradhanbjp must intervene and do something about this.

[Donglin Jiang @jiang_donglin]

Electrolyte Covalent Organic Frameworks for Exceptional Potassium Ion Conduction
Shanshan Tao, Hao Yang, Ruoyang Liu, Xinyu Mu, and Donglin Jiang*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e6277163. https://t.co/h4JAutdPGV

[Dibyendu Nandi @ydnad0]

In Bengal’s Purulia, Malati Murmu - a tribal homemaker - started a free school from her home after the pandemic disrupted education. Today, she teaches over 45 children, bringing first-generation learners back into classrooms in a remote village.
https://t.co/BRWny1djvQ

[ChemistryViews @ChemistryViews]

Robert Burns Woodward, born #onthisday in 1917 in Boston, USA, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1965 “for his outstanding achievements in the art of organic synthesis”
Here you can read more about the Woodward-Hoffmann Rules: https://t.co/fQ4X2oG7mS

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy demonstrates how the toilet system functions aboard the International Space Station.

[Muhammad Sajeer @Sajeerp_]

Nearly one in four PhD scholars reportedly earns less than Rs 10,000 a month, while 14 per cent receive no stipend at all. Delays of up to four months in disbursal are not uncommon.

Shruti writes in @IndiaToday

https://t.co/hgMeCeZeXh

[Ashoka University @AshokaUniv]

Why scholarships must be central to India’s higher education system

Pramath Raj Sinha (@PramathSinha), Founder & Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Ashoka University, writes in The Hindu (@the_hindu) on why scholarships cannot remain a peripheral add-on to the higher education system. Rather, they are central to how talent is discovered, understood, and developed, regardless of where students come from.

Read More: https://t.co/VOE3ssp0VA

#AshokaUniversity

[vijayakumar @vjchemist]

@jncasr Good news! Please check the link given one more time, it is resulting 404 message in my mobile.

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Artificial intelligence models overly affirm and validate users, even when users propose harmful or illegal actions, a new Science study finds.

The resulting effect on users is notable: Receiving advice from affirming AI made people more self-centered and less able to see the perspectives of others. Yet people prefer the overly affirming AI, which may further promote this behavior in AI models.

Learn more in a recent issue of Science: https://t.co/A7ZZoKpxim

[Northwestern @NorthwesternU]

Some like it cold: Snow flies produce bursts of heat & antifreeze proteins to avoid freezing. 🥶

Northwestern scientists are the first to sequence the snow fly’s genome—and discovered they are also less sensitive to pain associated with extreme cold.
https://t.co/4xZvD6c1Ay

[vijayakumar @vjchemist]

@IndiaDST This is my friend in LinkedIn. I know many of my friends in this situation. They are asking for fellowship more than a year, but no response. This is the link for the post. Now guide us what to do.
https://t.co/nG8aADxnZV

[DSTIndia @IndiaDST]

Research demands curiosity, resilience and bold thinking.

Through #WISEPhD, women researchers are advancing doctoral science and shaping tomorrow’s discoveries.

Because a degree is not the destination — it’s the beginning of new knowledge.

#HerViGyan #TodoStereotypes #IWD2026
@DrJitendraSingh @karandi65 @PrinSciAdvOff @DBTIndia @CSIR_IND @moesgoi @MinistryWCD @mygovindia @PIB_India

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Eminent historian, academic and public intellectual K.N. Panikkar, widely regarded as one of India’s foremost scholars of modern history, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on Monday (March 9, 2026). He was 89.

https://t.co/kWxtqkrC3I